Bordeaux
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A rejuvenated Bordeaux will have at least one more outing before a break.
"He's been up for a while and has won five from seven this season," said Jamie Richards, who prepares the blueblood with Stephen Autridge.
"He'll go to Trentham for the St Leger and he may have one more run in the Hawke's Bay Cup before he goes out."
A half-brother to Frankel's $1.3 million Karaka sale-topper, Bordeaux began his career inauspiciously last season with three unplaced runs.
"He was bought as part of a breeding syndicate so he was given his opportunity as a colt, but he couldn't be both a racehorse and a colt so he was gelded and he's really turned the corner," Richards said.
Bordeaux completed a hat-trick of wins on Saturday with a typically tenacious effort at Otaki after stalking the leader.
"He gets on the speed and he doesn't like anything getting passed him," Richards said.
Meanwhile, the stable's top two youngsters Heroic Valour and Sassy 'N' Smart could go head to head next time out in the Gr.1 Sistema Diamond Stakes at Ellerslie.
"It's probably looking like that and they've both licked their bowls clean and trotted up well since Saturday," Richards said.
Heroic Valour remained unbeaten after his success in the Listed Reid & Harrison (1980) Ltd Slipper at Matamata while Sassy 'N' Smart suffered her first defeat when a close second in the Gr.2 Matamata Breeders' Stakes.
"It was just the draw – she got caught deep and had to do a bit of work," Richards said.
"She came widest of all so it was a great run and we'll be pushing on toward Ellerslie." - NZ Racing Desk.
"He's been up for a while and has won five from seven this season," said Jamie Richards, who prepares the blueblood with Stephen Autridge.
"He'll go to Trentham for the St Leger and he may have one more run in the Hawke's Bay Cup before he goes out."
A half-brother to Frankel's $1.3 million Karaka sale-topper, Bordeaux began his career inauspiciously last season with three unplaced runs.
"He was bought as part of a breeding syndicate so he was given his opportunity as a colt, but he couldn't be both a racehorse and a colt so he was gelded and he's really turned the corner," Richards said.
Bordeaux completed a hat-trick of wins on Saturday with a typically tenacious effort at Otaki after stalking the leader.
"He gets on the speed and he doesn't like anything getting passed him," Richards said.
Meanwhile, the stable's top two youngsters Heroic Valour and Sassy 'N' Smart could go head to head next time out in the Gr.1 Sistema Diamond Stakes at Ellerslie.
"It's probably looking like that and they've both licked their bowls clean and trotted up well since Saturday," Richards said.
Heroic Valour remained unbeaten after his success in the Listed Reid & Harrison (1980) Ltd Slipper at Matamata while Sassy 'N' Smart suffered her first defeat when a close second in the Gr.2 Matamata Breeders' Stakes.
"It was just the draw – she got caught deep and had to do a bit of work," Richards said.
"She came widest of all so it was a great run and we'll be pushing on toward Ellerslie." - NZ Racing Desk.